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Originally Posted by CultBrennan59
the good news about this is that our strength and conditioning staff was not all that good considering we had like 10 players on IR, as well as players like Albert Haynesworth getting gased during games. We should bring in either steelers or cardinals strength and conditioning people. Because those teams always stay fairly healthy come playoff time.
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Things like Cooley breaking his ankle, Samuels' degenerative neck condition, and Rinehart's broken leg have nothing to do with poor conditioning. Mike Williams tearing a muscle in his foot isn't a conditioning issue. These kind of things don't fall on the trainers. Did you know the Saints have more players on IR than the Redskins? They're in the Super Bowl. I doubt they fire their staff.
I'm not sure what metrics are used to judge a strength and conditioning staff. I mean, a big part of it has to do with the players' willingness to train hard. I don't think season ending injuries are the fault of s/c coaches. I do know that the past two seasons we didn't have nearly as many of the strains/pulls we dealt with during Gibbs' 2.0.
I know a couple of guys who were on this staff the past few years, so obviously I'm biased here.